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Brian Paice
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Can anyone tell me is there an ACOP or regulation on installing fire alarms in small retail units. I have shop that is spread over three floors but each floor is only 25sqm. Having completed a risk assessment I feel there is a need to have some sort of alarm but I need something to convince the purse string holders.
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Brian Paice
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Alan. Yes you would be unlikely to find a fire blanket in an office but is the only reason for this that standards do not recommend it? The cost to extinguisher suppliers would be rather high if this were to occur.
Mark I agree good training cannot be seconded, I have seen many courses over the years some good, some like a recent one I witnessed looking out of a window, consisted of the trainees firing extinguishers into a hedgerow at the edge of a very crowded car park. while this type of inadequate training is lulling people into a false sense of safety, fire extinguishers accessible to the ordinary worker will always be a hazard.
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Brian Paice
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I have found your coments on the use or not use question very interesting.
Some years ago I serviced fire extinguishers for a living, I was called to an office to refil a used extinguisher. The unit had been used to extinguish a small waste bin fire. The operator had been trained or at least on a course.The extinguisher used was 9ltr water, fired it into the bin shooting the contents up into the air, landing on his desk setting fire to the papers and destroyed his office. Presence of mind to close the door and prompt arrival of the fire service prevented loss of life or further damage. To use or not to use fire extinguishers, when a blanket will do?
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